Toledo Copacabana Hotel
Travel Blogs from Rio de Janeiro
RIO!
Arrived in Rio after flying down from the Toon. It's hot and Brazilian - what more can you say? Great fried fish on Copocabana Beach watching girls playing football better than most British boys. Eat your hearts out Keys and Gray!
Rio is an amazing city which needs much more time than four days to come to terms with. Rio bus drivers who …
Hola Rio, Sorry we're late!
We finally arrive in Rio and to the Hotel Toledo where we will be staying for the next 4 nights, the night is humid due to the rain that has fallen on the city - which we think we brought from the UK! We meet Jeff, Unravel Travel, the organiser of the 1st part of our trip. We walk a few blocks with him and find a small bar to have a drink and …
The Marvellous City!
With a sense of mixed feelings I´ve made it to my final destination, Rio de Janeiro. Mixed because it is one of the places I´ve been looking forward to the most and sad because it means my time in South America is very close to its end.
First thing we did as part of the group trip was go on a guided tour to the Racinha Favela. We were well …
El salto de Alicia
... y caminar, conocemos la famosa escalera de Selarón, desde todos los lugares nos observa el Cristo Redentor y tenemos a la vista el Pao de Açúcar, subimos hasta las ruinas de Santa Teresa, una vista espectacular!!!! en la noche a pasear por Copacabana, comer unas cositas ricas, tomar jugo de caña, exquisito!!!! aprovechar la playa y ya se acaba este ensueño, el 26 ya voy volando a Berlín.
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Hello South America..
... ladies coughed up because you can’t trust backpackers to fork out for anything.
The favelas started as a community project due to lack of government funding for working families (thanks Julia). These communities developed their own housing and they developed quickly. There’s a massive obvious divide in wealth in Rio, we’ve been told that some 10% of the population earn 50% of total income. People in the favelas earn just 660 Riels a ...